Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...

Notepad++ update service hijacked in targeted state-linked attack

Breach lingered for months before stronger signature checks shut the door A state-sponsored cyber criminal compromised ...

Notepad++ hit by suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers

Notepad++ targeted and used to deliver poisoned updates to a select group of victims.
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Notepad++ Supply Chain Attack: Is Your Version Secure?

Notepad++ update servers were compromised for 6 months in 2025. Learn how the Chrysalis backdoor targeted users and why you must manually update to version 8.9.1 now.

Notepad++ Confirms Hackers Hijacked Update Infrastructure To Push Malware

Notepad++'s updater usually pops up, but users can also prompt it by selecting the "?" dropdown in the taskbar. Christopher Harper is a tech writer with over a decade of experience writing how-tos and ...

Popular text editor Notepad++ was hacked to drop malware

Rapid7 dropped a write-up on the Notepad++ update-chain abuse and - finally - it comes with real IOCs - update.exe downloaded from 95.179.213[.]0 after notepad++.exe -> GUP.exe - ...